A woman who was found dead at a property in Ilford has been named by police.

Saeeda Hussain, 54, died at an address in Staines Road on Tuesday, February 13 after suffering serious head injuries.

Police were called to the scene after receiving reports that a woman had died.

Sadly, she was pronounced dead at the scene and a murder investigation has been launched.

A 58-year-old is due to appear in court today

Muhammad Javed, 58, has been charged with her murder and was remanded in custody last night (Wednesday, February 14).

He is due to appear at Redbridge Magistrates' Court today.

Footage from the scene showed one police car guarding the cordon surrounding a house and a damaged vehicle was parked on the drive.

A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said: "The victim, found with critical injuries in Staines Road, Ilford on the evening of Tuesday, February 13 and pronounced dead at the scene, has not yet been formally identified but detectives are satisfied that the deceased is Saeeda Hussain."

One neighbour said: “I was upstairs when the police turned up so I don’t know what happened.

"About five police cars turned up. The car on the drive has been like that for a while. We know the people that live there as we’ve seen them around and occasionally pick up their post."